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Want to see an electric vehicle leave a he-man car smoking in its wake? Here's your chance. The electric vehicle Tesla Model S P85D sets a quarter-mile world record in a drag race while the meaty muscle car Dodge Challenger Hellcat spins its wheels. Sure, the Hellcat might have been showing off, and might have been spinning a little on purpose, but you can't knock that Tesla torque.

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Want to see an electric vehicle leave a he-man car smoking in its wake? Here's your chance.
The electric vehicle Tesla Model S P85D sets a quarter-mile world record in a drag race while the meaty muscle car Dodge Challenger Hellcat spins its wheels....

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors on Tuesday offered to make some compromises to help state lawmakers pass legislation this year allowing direct sales to Connecticut consumers. Tesla currently operates a repair shop in Milford but state law prevents it from...

Certain experiences promise a thrill: roller coasters, free fall, love. Add The D to the list. Tesla's Model S P85D, the all-wheel-drive variant of the all-electric Model S, is like no other car on the road. I say this without hyperbole or...

Los Angeles Times Michael Hiltzik column Mi Los Angeles Times Three words of advice for all you iPhone fans who are enthralled by the idea that Apple is entering the car market and are preparing to be first in line at the...

Old Lyme resident Maria DeMarco, decidedly "not a car person," first spied an all-electric Tesla in Fairfield County and became immediately smitten with the automobile, priced to start at about $71,000. "I love that. We've got to get...

Beyond the speed and luxury offered by Tesla's Model S, the real key to its success — and its premium price — is the longest driving range offered by any electric car. The EPA's official range for Tesla's new, faster Model S P85D is 253 miles. That's more...

You've heard of the iPhone and iPad. How about the iCar? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has hired hundreds of people to work on a secret project — code name "Titan" — to develop an electric vehicle. The newspaper cites people...

FREMONT, Calif. — Xavier, Wolverine, Iceman, Thunderbird and Cyclops were all working hard. In balletic movements, the massive robots, among the world's largest industrial machines, were silently building Tesla electric cars. Named by Chief Executive Elon...

Tucked between two clothing shops in Westfield Montgomery mall in this affluent Washington suburb is a different kind of auto showroom. Shoppers headed to Nordstrom's or J. Crew can drop in to ogle, sit in and even arrange to test-drive a Tesla, the...

Virgin Hotels Chicago opened just last month and already it's offering a jazzy new perk: a Tesla.
Guests will be able to summon the "house car" -- a red Tesla Model S -- for a short hop around town, Virgin Hotels Chicago announced Thursday.
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Tesla is working on a battery that can power your home and even help large-scale utilities store energy more efficiently, according to company chief executive Elon Musk.
On an investor call this week, Musk said the designs for a home or business...

Coming soon to a charging station near you: a 200-mile-range electric vehicle that isn't a Tesla. Chevrolet has confirmed it will begin production on its Bolt EV, a concept car revealed only weeks ago in Detroit. It's now headed into production at a GM...

CHICAGO – General Motors will build an electric vehicle based on the Chevrolet Bolt concept that will be sold in all 50 states. It will be built at the Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Alan Batey, president of GM North America, announced today in a...

Tesla Motors ended 2014 on a sour note, with production hiccups and a bungled launch in China, but the electric car maker is confident it can significantly grow sales this year as it launches a new SUV. Tesla's fourth-quarter loss widened because of the...

A long time ago, in an auto world far far away, two vehicles got plugged into the automotive marketplace. It is December 2010, and the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle joins the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid in a front that would forever change the automotive...

Silicon Valley automaker Tesla Motors will be making "a few million cars" by 2025, enigmatic CEO Elon Musk said in Detroit Tuesday.
That would make the company about the size of BMW today.
Musk, speaking at the Automotive News World Congress...

With the introduction of an affordable electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge, General Motors sets up a showdown with Tesla to sell an electric vehicle to the masses. It may also upstage a car of its own. GM on Monday unveiled the Chevrolet...

WASHINGTON — The suburbs have had it rough in the last few years. The 2008-2009 economic collapse led to waves of foreclosures in suburbia, as home prices plummeted. More recently, census data suggest that Americans are actually shifting back closer to...